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- Patent suit alert: This time, Google and Verizon on the hot seat
- Patent suit alert: This time, Google and Verizon on the hot seatgood for him - stop patent pirates! and "patent" deformdoes this not seem like an appropriate action for an inventor to take? if i copy your article without your permission, do I get a pass? probably not because you...
- Tags: Litigation, Google Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., patent, inventor
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Inventor sues Google, Verizon, others on voicemail
- Inventor sues Google, Verizon, others on voicemailNot sure his patents pass the litmus test.Wouldnt star trek and most other sci-fi shows pre-date some of his patents.Just because you come up with an idea doesnt mean you have a patent... you have to establish a process and provide code that does...
- Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, E-mail, Klausner, voicemail, patent, Inventor Sues Google, Verizon Communications Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Patent reform: Stopping the insanity or inventor ripoff?
- Patent reform: Stopping the insanity or inventor ripoff?Yes, the awards are completely outrageous.That would be like you inventing a 10 dollar switch an Ford comes along and not paying you for the idea and you get an infringing award of $100 on each car instead of the added value of...
- Tags: disincentive, inventor, Patent Reform, insanity, patent
- Discussion threads 2008-01-14
- Fixing a broken patent system
- Fixing a broken patent systemReform?Patent reform is meaningless unless software patentability is abolished and it remains first to invent. First to file tends to reward companies with deep pockets. Not necessarily the actual innovator.Sourcing has astronomical elasticity. Example: Compression RDK_aa3.4.6..i2Bill Gates owns most anything to be said and made for...
- Tags: Patent Reform, sourcing, patent system, inventor, patent, continuation, software
- Discussion threads 2007-10-10
- House passes patent reform, as White House voices objections
- The House of Representatives handed the technology industry a big win by passing the Patent Reform Act. The bill changes the way damages for patent infringement are calculated, InfoWorld reports. Under the current scheme, damages are calculated based on the value of the entire product containing the infringing invention....
- Tags: Damage, Patent, Patent Infringement, White House, MP3, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-09-09
- Major new BlackBerry Patent app: Auto-capitalization, Auto-punctuation, many more usability features
- Major new BlackBerry Patent app: Auto-capitalization, Auto-punctuation, many more usability featuresInsignificant Incremental InventionResearch in Motion has once again produced an invention of minimal significance. It is really obvious to use timing to alter keyboard behavior.It is RIM's inability to produce significant inventions and their unwillingness to fairly compensate those...
- Tags: Strategy, RIM BlackBerry, alliance, patent, inventor, independent inventor, Research In Motion Ltd.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-05
- With 'open innovation,' no idea is left behind
- With 'open innovation,' no idea is left behindPatents should only be held by the human inventor.Failure to promote the patent should place it into the PUBLIC DOMAIN. Add-ons to patents which only build on the patent rather than represent another idea should NOT be allowed.The current system inhibits innovation. This...
- Tags: patent, inventor
- Discussion threads 2006-07-21
- Politicos mull action against patent system abusers
- Politicos mull action against patent system abusersPatents are a toolPatents are tools to prevent innovation. Patents nowadays are the combat armor and weapons that corporations use to fight with their competitors and/or used to keep new competition from entering the battle field market. If a corporation plays its...
- Tags: Strategy, inventor, patent
- Discussion threads 2006-06-15
- What port security, patents, and out-sourcing have in common
- In March of 2000 "Patently Absurd", an article by James Glieck, appeared in the New York Times Magazine. Here's part of his description of the original rationale for the patent system: Patents long served as a fundamental cog in the American machine, cherished in our national...
- Tags: inventor
- Blog posts 2006-03-03
- Microsoft alums amass thousands of patents
- Microsoft alums amass thousands of patentsgrrr"The system isn't perfect by any means, but it's the best in the world."Yeah, right. I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you also. A patent system this broken, "the best in the world"? Hardly.IMHO Patents aren't supposed to be IP. "There's a lot...
- Tags: patent, inventor
- Discussion threads 2005-11-03
- Techies weigh in on patent bill
- Techies weigh in on patent billThen your sc****d'The "first to file" standard is common outside the United States.'It only works outside the USA because of the secrecy provision. So when a person goes to the patent office and reveals an invention that hasn't been revealed before he must be the...
- Tags: patent, inventor
- Discussion threads 2005-09-15
- More patent absurdity threatens net commerce
- More patent absurdity threatens net commerceEnough Dan, we all know there are problems in the patent system..You know, the easy thing to do is knock something. The much tougher thing to do is find workable solutions. How about you start thinking about "how do we fix it and...
- Tags: patent, patent office, inventor
- Discussion threads 2005-07-28
Additional Resources
- Google makes waves and may have solved the data center conundrum
- Google is pondering a floating data center that could be powered and cooled by the ocean. These offshore data centers could sit 3 to 7 miles offshore and reside in about 50 to 70 meters of water. The search giant filed for a patent in February that...
- Tags: Google Inc., Data Center, Computing Unit, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-08
- LHC scientists get death threats
- LHC scientists get death threatsIgnorance produces fear...And issuing death threats is not the christian thing to do. And $10.00 to a donut will get you that a religiously motivated faction is behind the threats. Something to research further.RE: LHC scientists get death threats - is it because Roger Federer lost...
- Tags: Anti-Matter, LHC, death threat
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Drug profit incompatible with scientific method?
- Drug profit incompatible with scientific method?Patentability and ProfitThe problem with new drugs like Vytorin is that we must rely on short-term studies & short-term observation in order to gamble on the drugs' safety. There is, presently, only one cholesterol medication that has not only proven to be most effective in...
- Tags: tobacco, new drug, drug company
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- VMware's R&D chief quits after 9 months
- VMware said Tuesday that its executive vice president of research and development has resigned after nine months on the job. In a terse statement, VMware said that Richard Sarwal quit to go back to Oracle. Sarwal joined VMware in December 2007. VMware CEO Paul...
- Tags: Stock Option, Security, Amount, R&D, Stock, Employment, Agreement, VMware Inc., Company, RSU, Control, Change, Cause, Person, Stock Options, Investment, Benefits, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Microsoft patents 'Page Up' and 'Page Down'
- Microsoft patents 'Page Up' and 'Page Down'Oh, maaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!!!!Stupid!Stupid!Stupid!I demand patent reform!This obvious abuse of prior art is a shining example why the patent offices should reject all M$ applications going forward and invalidate its existing so called patents.Steve Jobs Patents "Monkey Boy"Demands he is to be called "Amazing Primate Genius".RE:...
- Tags: patent, Page Down, Page Up, Microsoft Patents, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-29
- Microsoft patents 'Page Up' and 'Page Down'
- The software maker has been granted a US patent on "navigating paginated content in page-based increments." Microsoft has been granted a patent on 'Page Up' and 'Page Down' keystrokes. The software giant applied for the patent in 2005, and was granted it on August 19, 2008....
- Tags: Page, Microsoft Corp., Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk, Microsoft, patent
- News items 2008-08-29
- Is probiotics a scam?
- Some of the claims made by probiotics advocates remind me of the patent medicine craze of the 19th century. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Health Care, Bacteria, Probiotics, Food & Beverage, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- The Hatfields and McCoys of diabetes care
- The Hatfields and McCoys of diabetes careI'm losing trust in ALL of these profit-oriented Pharm companies...The latest problem was with Avandia.And look at the big mess that became of the super-NSAIDS.True...."But when it comes to evaluating science, with life and death in the balance, we need good referees who don't...
- Tags: referee, good referee, L/G
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
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